| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.PALE.2
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Pare
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Band for the hair, fillet, wreath; ornament for the head; crest, topknot
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Niue
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PN.PALE.2
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Pale
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Dress the hair
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Rennellese
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PN.PALI.2
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Pagi
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Space between navel and pubic hair
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East Futuna
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OC.PANI.1
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Pani
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Oil the hair
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Fijian
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OC.PANI.1
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Vani
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Put oil through hair with fingers
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Samoan
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OC.PANI.1
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Pani
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Dye (hair, etc.)
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Pukapuka
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CE.PAA-SERE.2
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Paaele
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Comb used as hair ornament
Problematic
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Emae
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PN.MILI
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Miri
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To bleach one's hair red
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Niue
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OC.PEAU
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Peau
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Wave (of ocean); wave hairstyle
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Easter Island
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Pikipiki
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Curly (e.g. hair)
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New Zealand Maori
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Piki
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Frizzled, closely curled, of hair
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Luangiua
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Piki, piŋi
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Curly hair
Phonologically Irregular
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Samoan
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Piʔipiʔi
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Curly (of hair)
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Tuamotu
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NP.PIKI-PIKI
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Pikipiki
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Very curly, as hair
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Marquesas
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NP.PII-WAI
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Pivai/tea
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Sans chair
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Hawaiian
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CE.POHUTU.1
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Poohuku
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Swollen; protruding, especially of a round object; piled up, as a coil of hair on the head
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East Futuna
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PN.POGA.1
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Poga
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Hair cut short leaving only top
Problematic
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Takuu
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SO.MUQA-GA-LAQE
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Maarae
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Upper part of the forehead, the area between the first vertical lines of hair
Phonologically Irregular
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.PORO.1
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Hai bolo
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Say that
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Nukuoro
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PN.PORO.1
|
Hai bolo
|
Think that
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Tikopia
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OC.PUAKA
|
Puaka
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Archaic term for person to be respected
Problematic
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Rennellese
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CP.PUULOU.A
|
Puugou
|
Abundance of hair, climbing vine
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Tikopia
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FJ.PULU-PULU
|
Purupuru
|
Sea fish, up to 90 cm, thin, light-coloured; taken by hook ? Hair-tail or Scabbard Fish. Also applied to a kind of squalid shark
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East Uvea
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PN.PUSO.2
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Puho
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Tete de poisson depouille de la chair; crâne
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Niue
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MP.SAQI
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Ha/hai
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Lash on, tie fast
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Tahitian
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MP.SAQI
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Hai/hai
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To bind up fast, to secure
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Tokelau
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MP.SAQI
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(Haai)hai
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Bind, tie
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Tahitian
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PN.SAKI
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Hai/a
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A human sacrifice; also the bodies of those slain in war
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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Fijian
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OC.SAAKULE
|
Cakule
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Lift up in searching, part hair to find lice
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Rotuman
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OC.SAAKULE
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Saʔule
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Separate hair and pick out lice
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Takuu
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OC.SAAKULE
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Saakure
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Search for lice in someone's hair
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Waya
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OC.SAAKULE
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Caakule
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Part the hair to look for lice
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East Futuna
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SF.SALI.2
|
Sali
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Enlever la chair de coco
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Tahitian
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EO.SAQALO
|
Haro
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To smooth back the hair; to pull the raoere or leaves tied together to catch fish
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Rarotongan
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PN.SAA-MOLE
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Aamore
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Smooth, not hairy
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Tongan
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OC.SANI.2
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Hani
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Remove all leaves from tree or cut hair very short
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Tongan
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OC.SANI.2
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Hani
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Remove hair from coconuts so as to tie two together (I)
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Marquesas
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EP.SEI.1B
|
Haii
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Necklace
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Niue
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CP.SEI.1A
|
Hei
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Floral decoration for bride; to place a flower in hair or behind ear
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Samoan
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CP.SEI.1A
|
Sei
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Flower worn as ornament (behind the ear or in the hair)
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Tokelau
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CP.SEI.1A
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Hei
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Ear or hair ornament of flower, leaf
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Kapingamarangi
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EP.SEI.1B
|
Hei, hai
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Put on (as a lei)
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Penrhyn
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EP.SEI.1B
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Sei/ rauru
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Necklace of braided human hair
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New Zealand Maori
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EC.SEI.2
|
Hei/Hai
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Preposed nominal particle indicating 1. future location, 2. (immediately before a noun) to serve as, for the purpose of
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Sikaiana
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MP.SELU
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Selu
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(of hair) Combed
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Tuamotu
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MP.SELU
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Paa/heru/heru
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Comb the hair
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Niue
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CP.SEU
|
Heu
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Net birds or flying-fish with long-handled net; ruffle (hair, with raking motion); charge (with head, as bull). Shuffle away (McE).
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Emae
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OC.SIFI
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Sifi/a
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Whittle; cut (hair)
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Niue
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OC.SIFI
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Hifi
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Shave, shear, cut (hair, fur, fleece, etc.)
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Easter Island
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CP.SIGA.A
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Hiŋa
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Fall. Fall (a person, from e.g. a horse, motorcycle, chair, tree, etc.)
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